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Article: Star of `Hill Street' handles tough case in `Howard Beach'
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 4, 1989
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Imagine the stark terror:
You're driving through an unfamiliar neighborhood, and your car
breaks down. Looking for a phone to call for help, you are suddenly
set upon by a wild-eyed mob. The thugs chase you through the
streets. They eventually capture you and ceaselessly beat you,
literally within an inch of your life - all because you are the wrong
color.
Welcome to Howard Beach in Queens, N.Y. Welcome to Main Street,
U.S.A. And welcome to television, as NBC presents "Howard Beach:
Making the Case for Murder," airing from 8 to 10 tonight on
WMAQ-Channel 5.
This made-for-TV movie is a re-enactment of the brutal 1986
incident that polarized blacks and whites in New York City and set ...